1 ‘Brick works’ and kiln marked.
2 Two modern cottages stand on the site, but the quite massive escarpment from the surface-worked quarry exists to the rear of them.
The site of a brickworks where bricks were made during the Imperial period. The brickworks is marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1886 and remains of the site are visible as an earthwork. It was situated 1km north of Monks Kirby.
1 ‘Brick Kiln Close’ marked.
2 No sign of this site exists now.
The site of a brickworks where bricks were made during the Imperial period. The brickworks is marked on a tithe award of 1842. It was situated 200m north west of Bond End, Monks Kirby.
1 On the 1886 6″ OS map a large-ish earthwork centered on the above NGR is labelled ‘Sand Pit’; on more recent maps it has lost its label, but it ...
The site of a quarry that dates back to at least the Imperial period. It is marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1886. The quarry was situated 500m north east of Monks Kirby.
1 On the 1842 tithe map, two fields are called Small Lime Pits, and Lime Pits, while a much smaller field to the south is called Nearer Lime Pits: a ...
The possible site of a limestone quarry dating back to at least the Imperial period. The quarry is marked on a tithe award map of 1842. The site is located 1km north east of Monks Kirby.
1 On the 1886 6″ OS map, an earthwork at the above NGR is labelled “Old Sand Pit”.
2 Also on 1905 OS map.
3 It still exists now as a quite ...
The site of a quarry which dates back to at least the Imperial period. The quarry is marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1886 and is visible as an earthwork. It is situated 400m north west of Cabbage Clump.
1 Two fields adjoining these earthworks are marked on the 1842 tithe map as Satchwells Close w/Sand Pit and Sand Hill.
2 The quarry still exists as a substantial pit in ...
The site of a quarry that dates back to at least the Imperial period. It is marked on a tithe award map of 1842 and is also visible as an earthwork. The site is located 200m north west of the church at Monks Kirby.
1 ‘Brick Kiln Close’ marked.
2 The field now contains no surface indications of the site.
The possible site of a brickworks dating back to at least the Imperial period. The brickworks is marked on a tithe award map of 1842. It was situated 200m south of Long Spinney.
1 Fields labelled ‘Long Brick Close/Near Brick Close’ and ‘Middle Brick Close/Far Brick Close’.
2 No evidence of the site was discerned during field work.
The possible site of a brickworks dating back to at least the Imperial period. The site is suggested by documentary evidence. It is located on the south side of the Lutterworth Road.
1 A circular wooded area surrounded by pasture land is labelled ‘icehouse and plantation’.
2 It is still there and in quite good condition. It is an artificial mound on top ...
An icehouse, a structure built partly underground and used for the storage of ice in warmer weather. It was built during the Imperial period. The icehouse is still standing and it is marked on a tithe map of 1842. It is situated 300m west of Burton Pool Wood.